On-farm pasteuriser & cold store
Amstelland, Noord-Holland
What this loan funds
The Boeren van Amstel collective grazes its cows within ten kilometres of the Dam, but currently sends milk away to be processed. An on-farm pasteuriser and cold store let the eighteen farmers make and chill their sporty quark themselves, capturing more value and keeping the chain genuinely short. It also unlocks new dairy products — drinking yoghurt, fresh cheese — as future campaigns. Two cents per litre still flows back to the farmers, now on a larger base. Backers earn a fixed dividend over four years.
Backing a farm is a real-world commitment. Here's what the farmer has flagged could affect this campaign.
- Animal health
- Equipment failure
- Rising input costs
- Cold-store energy prices can spike
The farm you’re backing
Eighteen farmers grazing their cows in the Amstelland meadows under 10 km from the Dam in Amsterdam. With the dietitian of Topsport Amsterdam they developed a high-protein quark for athletes, and for every litre of dairy sold two cents goes straight back to the farmers.
Where Boeren van Amstel is
Amstelland meadows, Amstelveen
Let’s grow something
Grow it or eat it, you’re part of the chain now. Not stranded at the far end of it.
